After Pakistan’s disappointing outcome from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025Spin legend Saqlain Mushtaq India has made a courageous challenge. Mushtaq has requested a comprehensive bilateral series in all formats and proposed 10 test games, 10 one -day international (Odis) and 10 Twenty20 International (T20I). This is a direct reaction to India’s dominant performance in the tournament, especially their convincing victory against Pakistan during the group phase.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: A brief summary of Pakistan’s performance
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was a shop window of exceptional cricket talent, with India having one of the strongest candidates. The match between India and Pakistan was a crucial one where India secured a comfortable victory through six gates. This result effectively fell the hope of going beyond the group phase, and left it only a lonely point from her games – a strong contrast to her historical reputation in the cricket.
The provocative proposal of Saqlain Mushtaq
Mushtaq’s statements about the 24 messages in Pakistan have quickly recovered through the cricket world. He openly asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to arrange a comprehensive series against Pakistan, in which the results would clearly determine the superior team.
“When we leave political things aside, your players are excellent and played a good cricket. If you are a good team, we play 10 tests, 10 odis and 10 T20Is against Pakistan, then everything would be clear. If we do our preparation correctly and sort out things in the right direction, we will also be in a situation in which we can also provide solid answers to the world and India. “ Said Mushtaq.
His comments touch both cricketing skills and the broader, tense diplomatic relationships that have prevented such engagements outside of ICC events for over a decade.
Saqlain Mushtaqs challenge
If you are really a good team, play 10 test games, 10 Odis, 10 T20Is against us and it becomes clear (who is the best). If we (Pakistan) prepare well and make the right decisions, we can give India and the world a solid reaction. ” pic.twitter.com/tsnupikldx
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The Indian cricket rivality in India-Pakistan
The cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan is not in line with its intensity and fan interest and often draws a large global audience. However, relationships between the two cricket boards are weak and have largely limited their encounters to ICC tournaments since 2012. India have dominated these clashes in general, although Pakistan has achieved some memorable victories, including its master trophy triumph in 2017.
